>>> scared at pushed to starvation, the bleak account of life for a child in yemen. ♪ >>> hello, you are watching al jazeera, live from london, also coming up, violence intensifies in turkey. eight soldiers are killed in a roadside explosion, and a popular tour attraction is targeted. >>> a palestinian hunger striker ends his protest after israel suspends his detention. >>> and isil kills a leading archeologist who spent more than half of his life caring for the ancient city of palmyra. ♪ >>> there has been a chilling incite into the impact that yemen's conflict is having on its people, particularly the children. the u.n.'s children's agency says the country is one of the most terrifying place in this world to be a child. a fifth of the population is severely food insecure and will need urgent help to survive. >> reporter: once their playground these streets are now a battle ground. for the children of yemen, war means being forced to grow up quickly. >> translator: my sisters and i get so frightened when we hear the bullets. we're afraid that we'll die. >> translator: i'm frighten

that 10 million is 80% of yemen's children. we join the yemen representative for unicef. he said prospects long term are even worse. >> the vast majority of the people in yemen have nothing to do with this, they want to go back. they want to live their lives, educate their children and see them grow up. they don't want this, and they are suffering unnecessarily. it's not just direct attacks on people. it's also the ability to bring in food, fuel, commodities, the essential receives of life, yemen imports 90% of its goods, including meds and fuel and food. yesterday, civilian harbor, the main harbor for all the goods of yemen was attacked. the civilian infrastructure used to unload ships, food and fuel, if the civilian population don't have access, malnutrition is only going to get worse. all parties in the conflict have to respect civilian life. the massacring of people through airstrikes or killing of civilians in shootings in taiz or aden or other parts of the country, it's against international humanitarian law. parties to the conflict have an absolute obligation to pa

embassy in yemen. and storm says he can provide the cia something no one else can, access to al awlaki himself. he tells us the cia sent him on this dangerous spy mission october 2008, a month after the embassy attack. to see al awlaki, now hiding in a remote part of yemen. >> he's worried about security, but he's also worried about that people are following me. >> the mission, give al awlaki a laptop, solar panels, night vision goggles he'd requested, some secretly implanted with spy software. then, storm says, he gives al awlaki one more cia gift, $5,000 cash. >> he looked at me, and he tapped his chest pocket where the $5,000 were, and he said, can we buy bullets and weapons? i said, yeah, of course you can. my handler, cia handler in denmark, he said, you know what? you've just been tested, and you just passed it. because if i said no, he knew, anwar, that this money was from intelligence, and he knew they were not allowed to sponsor or to pay for weapons and bullets. >> storm is loving his 007 lif

and al qaeda, and the herac movement this wants to separate south yemen from north yemen as it was in the past. there is total chaos, and these groups like quea quaip al qaedan peninsula, they have emerged in yemen when the war started, when we talk about yemen, we are talking about different types of militias or local resistance fighters that are fighting against the houthis. some items of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, have assisted in fighting the houthis off. the ta'izz where predominantly a muslim brotherhood militia was able to kick the houthis out. however the day following that there were incidents of slaughtering houthi people, new to yemen, we have never seen images coming out of yemen like that before. and right now the north of yemen seems to be surrounded on the are port of hadetha, was destroyed by the houthi led coalition. a civil war, and on top of that air strikes coming in and hadi's government does not seem to be backing down from the demand that the houthis return, and the united nations resolution 2216. >> it poses danger for the groups that have gotten strong

right now. >> every facet of life in yemen has been disrupted. markets with limited food. hospitals strained to the limit. schools unable to stay open. the concern is that children will continue to bear the brunt of this war along after the fighting is over. gerald tan, al jazeera. >> well, earlier the humanitarian chief briefed the council of yemen. gabriel elizondo joins me now. it was a moving testimony given by stephen o'brien describing the scale in yemen in terms of meeting people's need and gaining access to the country. >> that's right. it was a very gloomy picture that stephen o'brien painted. he just got back from yemen. visited several cities over several days. his message to the security council was one that the humanitarian crisis in yemen is getting worse not better. he painted a very dark picture of the situation there. let me give a couple of numbers. these are really shocking. he reported to the security council there are 1.5 million internally displaced people in yemen. he said more than 1,000 children have been killed or injure

doing in yemen? >> well, we are trying, with many other partners, like the education colleagues killed yesterday to provide services to children across the country. we are trying to put children throughnutrition services. we have been quite successful, and now it's gone right back up. nonetheless, we've been able to provide services. 65,000 children. we are providing water across the country in the major cities across the country, based in sanaa, aden, irrespective of fighting. 1.9 million will be receiving clean water. we are getting out there. what we are seeing in the fighting is making it so difficult. >> are you not disappointed that you are not seeing more international efforts to end the fighting and respect women and children's lives in the conflict. >> yes, the death are are unnecessary. the vast majority of people in yemen have nothing to do with this. they want to go about and live their lives, educate their children, see them grow up. they don't want there. they are suffering unnecessaril

>> yemen's children living with war and starvation. the humanitarian chief accuses the warring sides of disorderi disregarding human life. >> hello, i'm maryam nemazee. you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up. eight soldiers are killed in an roadside explosion in turkey, and attackers in istanbul. isil behead a leading archaeologists who spent half his life caring for the ancient city of pal myra. >>> a prisoner ends his horn strike after israel suspends his detention. >> the united nations security council members have just been briefed about the full scale of the horror in yemen. speaking after visiting the country emergency relief chief stephen o'brien said that the suffering there is almost incomprehensivible. this is as unicef say that children are dying every day, and those who survive live in constant fear. it says since the war escalated in march, 398 children have died, and 605 have been injured. meanwhile the report from amnesty international said that the conflict has gone too far. all sides could be held

that is brewing inside yemen now. >> every facet of life in yemen has been disrupted. markets with limited food. hospitals trained to the limit. schools enable it it stay open. the concern is that children will bear the brunt of the war, long after the fighting is over >>> of suicide bomb has killed two kurdish fighters in syria. armed groups say it carried out the attack on u.n. headquarters near the border with turkey. these pictures reveal the extent of the damage. the town is controlled by kurdish force and the syrian government >>> a tunisian policeman has been shot dead at the police resort of suez. the same area where people were killed when gunmen opened fire. two approached police on a motorcycle before riding off. a search is under way >>> still ahead on al jazeera - i.s.i.l. fighters killed an archeologist in the chain comment syrian city of palmyra. 82-year-old khaled asaad was beheaded. he was in charge of the world heritage sites for over four decades >>> we are on the front line with african union forces as they fight in al-shabab in somalia. stay with u

hashem ahelbarra reports. >> reporter: more victims of the war in yemen. ak coring to human rights watch, they were injured by attacks using cluster bombs. they are mostly from a yemeni province on the northern border with saudi arabia. >> translator: we were together and the rocket hit us. it exploded in the air and cluster bombs well out of it. before we left the house with the sheep two sub munitions fell down while others fell all over the willage. my cousin and i were wounded. >> reporter: human rights groups met with victims. an explode of cluster bombed littered this area. children especially remain high risk of being maimed or killed by these bombbets. >> translator: three brothers were killed. it hit was while we were sleeping, and we were all wounded including my brothers. i can't walk. my hands were burned and my bones were broken. >> reporter: cluster munitions are designed to target a wide area. here many were said to have been injured as they traveled through the region. >> we have found evidence that cluster munition rockets have been used i

but many in yemen say they have no choice but to go there. and whether they are stuck in yemen or forced to go back to the country from which they fled, these somalis have nowhere safe to call home. caroline malone, al jazerra. >>> as you heard in that report. somalia remains very insecure, african union peacekeepers are planning a major offense i ever with the somali army against the armed group al-shabab. the aim is to cut off the group's how to kenya where it carried out a string of deadly assaults. the operation is near the port and mohamed adow send this report from the frontline. >> reporter: these are the men somalia wants to use in its efforts to seize territory back from al-shabab fighters. they are the latest recruits from the somali national army. they are now being trained in the port city. capital of the regional state, one of the last remaining strong holds of a al-shabab. >> translator: we cannot allow al-shabab to continue using this region as a hide out. they have been flushed out of most other parts of somalia, we shall do t

it's controlled by rebel forces and is the main entry port for aid surprise in north yemen yemen' conflict is making it one of the most dangerous places to be a child. nearly 400 have died in the war so far, uncief says that means eight children on average are killed or injured every day. and they are being used to fight. at least 377 children are being recruited since march. access to food difficult before the war is now even harder, around 1.8 million children are expected to suffer from malnutrition this year. the fighting in yemen is having an impact on refugees from other countries, especially somalis. they have already left one war and find themselves now stuck in another. caroline malone reports. >> reporter: a somali refugees in yemen. she is staying in this school in the southern port city of aden. along with many others displaced by the fighting. she escaped from civil war in somalia many years ago. and find herself once again caught up in another conflict. >> translator: i have been living in aden for 25 years. it's hard to leave it. now i have children and life and death are in

the third largest city in yemen is a crucial battle grounds from yemen's warring factions. if the houthis lose tiaz they will have no option but to retreat north. their stronghold on the border with saudi arabia >>> joining us now is the head of the emergency unit of doctors without borders and returned from yemen last month. you made a lot of visits to yemen. from europe, the most recent trip, can you say whether there is any sign of improvement or is the medical situation for the people there getting worse? >> my impressions for talking with the colleagues in the medical facilities, we have seen a sharp deterioration. we have seen hospitals closed. because of the shelling on the front lines and it is due too the embargo, and many of the hospitals are lacking the management of electricity and water in the hospitals. there's a lack of produce. it's difficult. for example, in tiaz, from 21 hospitals, there are only three open in this moment. from 21 - there were 21 hospitals operating. >> six months ago. this happened in the past six months. >> mix on the front lines. we hav

right now. >> every life in yemen has been disrupted. markets with limited food, hospitals strained to the limit. schools unable to stay open. the concern is that children will continue to bear the brunt of this war long after the fighting is over. gerald tan, al jazeera. >> last-minute donations amounting to $17 million have helped to stop the closure of the united nations' schools to palestinian refugees across the middle east. u.n. workers have faced several sit-ins in a refugee camp, protesting the plans to delay the start of the academic year. the u.n. said it did not have enough money to keep cools open in jordan, syria, lebanon, the occupied west bank, and gaza, but last minute donations will mean that schools will start on time. >>> ththe defense team wants an immediate release on the grounds that his health has deteriorated. israel alleges that he's affiliated with islamic jihad. >>> at least ten kurdish fighters have been killed in an attack in syria. a bomb attacked the headquarters. they have had some of the most successful f

in taiz, pro-yemen forces make gains in yemen's largest city. >>> adrian brown joins us now. we understand a wider evacuation order has now been given. >>reporter: there's still a bit of confusion about whether a wider evacuation has been ordered. >>> state media have reported 700 tons of sodium cyanide were in the warehouse that was destroyed in those multiple explosions but today the government said it was slightly less than 100. >> just talk us through again why the authorities think the death toll will actually go higher. >>> it is though, still waiting. >>> there have been desperate scenes in macedoni where hundreds of migrants have been traying to board a train. there wasn't enough room for everyone and migrants tried to pull others off to secure a face. the train was heading to serbia which borders hungary. >>> in iraq, at least 21 people have been killed in a series of bombings in and around baghdad. it's been targeted many times. the attacks have injured more than 100 people >>> in yemen, pro government forces are making significant progress against houthi >>> accord

♪ saudi forces make significant gains against houthi rebels in a key yemen province. ♪ hello and welcome to al jazeera live from our doha headquarters and also coming up, mps and iraq improve reforms aimed at cutting government corruption. anger in japan as the first nuclear power station is switched back on since the fukushima meltdown disaster. and environmental emergency, toxic spill from a gold mine in the u.s. turns a colorado river yellow. ♪ well, we begin in yemen where pro-government forces are making major gains against houthi rebels and they pushed them from the lost town in the province which is still under houthi control, then when you add aiden and saleh that means most of the southern area is held by forces loyal to the exile president abd rabbuh mansur hadi and there is still heavy fighting in that slightly to the north and also across these central provinces and the houthis remain firmly in control of the capitol at sanaa which they captured last september. and carolyn malone has the latest for us. >> reporter: watching over the province, now entirely in the control of

eight children are being killed or injured every day in yemen. and unicef says children are feeling the force of the worsening humanitarian crisis. >>> the main suspect in the bangkok bombing has now been identified. >>> a ferry has left the greek island of kos, it was chartered by the greek government to take them to the mainland. but thousands of people have been left behind. this report is from jonah hull. >> rescued by the greek coast guard. here is another precarious vessel in distress, many others do make it across. this is a family of syrian refugees who finally arrived on the shores of kos, an island in the european union. >> very dangerous. [ inaudible ]. >> reporter: did you pay somebody to give you this boat. >> yeah, $1,000. >> per person? >> yeah, 500 for children. >> reporter: the shoreline is littered with the remnants of overnight rife -- arrivals. it is sometimes a perilous crossing from turkey. on monday night six people, including a child are confirmed to have drowned when their dingy overturned. this boat arrived at 2:00, acco

a province on yemen's border with saudi arabia. some of those, had links with the houthis, thousand they are switching sides, they are joining with government forces to recapture the province of saada. >> we are making preparations to start a military campaign to save the province. we regret not taking arms against the rebels in the past now we will hunt them and defeat them and seize their territory in the saada province. >> it remains outnumbered and outgunned by forces allied with the houthis. on some of these fighters are more loyal to their tribal leaders than the army. in the past few months, many military units defected and joined the rebels. for now, there are two armies fighting for control. the one in the north is mainly shia and the one in the south is mainly sunni, leaving an uncertain future, hashem ahelbarra, al jazeera. >> former president saleh has aligned himself with the houthis courtney kealy has the story. >> ali abdullah saleh nearly died in a bombing in 2011, suffering burns to his face and wounds to his torso

in yemen. a soldier is killed by roadside bomb in turkey on a day of violence and political upheaval. >>> thai police name the main suspect, but say he was not acting alone. to europe by dinghy, the syrian refugee family making the precarious crossing from turkey to the greek islands. >> we'll have all the day's sport including... [applause] >> the new president as the sports struggles in its wake of doping allegations. >> hello, we start this news hour in yemen. a country described by the u.n.'s children agency one of the most terrifying places in the world to be a child. in the latest alert unicef say that children are dying every day. those who survive live in constant fear of being killed. since the war escalated in march, 398 children have died, and 605 have been injured. children are also being forced to fight in the war with unicef confirming that 377 have been recruited as child soldiers. children are going hungry with 1.8 million expected to suffer malnutrition. the world's food progra

main entry point for aid supplies in northern yemen. >>> now the fighting in yemen is having an impact on other countries as well. there are 230,000 unregistered somali registered, u.n. registered somali refugees and like many, most of them have lost their homes and have nowhere to go. carlin malone reports. >> staying in the school in the darsa district in the southern port city of aden along with many others displaced by the fighting. she escaped from civil war in somalia many years ago and finds herself caught up in another conflict. >> i have been living in aden for 25 years. it's hard to leave it. now i have children and life and death are in god's hands. no one is scared to death whether in somalia or here. >> reporter: some of the people here are also displaced yemenis. ab deabdel came here when his fy was displaced. they are worried not having a place to stay because the authorities want them to leave the school. >> e >> every day, the authorities come to tell us to leave. we left because of the tragedy of the war and now we have the tragedy of housing. >> reporter: the situati

. >> pro-government forces in yemen, 125km from the capital. troops loyal to the president abd-rabbu mansour hadi have taken six districts in the city of ib. most of the south is hold by pro-government forces. they have been backed by saudi-led air strikes. there's an official visit to the united arab emirates, they are attempting to roll back the houthi advance. civilians have been caught in the crossfire in what the u.n. calls an overwhelming crisis. yemen is the poorest country, with more than 21 million people dependent on foreign aid. the u.n. estimates do not have access to the food source. since the conflict began, 2,000 civilians died >>> the emergency coordinate from the united nations joins us from djibouti. i know you have seen for yourself the problems in yemen, and with the air strikes and the fighting, hundreds of thousands, especially children, are now at risk of malnutrition. >>> hello, you are right. i had the chance to go to aden myself, and see for myself the destruction from the fighting. and the rebuilding that you can see

the vast majority of the people in yemen have nothing do do with this. they want to live their lives, they want to educate their children, they want to see their children grow up. they don't want this. they are suffering unnecessarily. >> it's not just about direct attacks. even before the conflict, access to food and water in this country was difficult. that situation is far more dire now. children who don't have enough to eat are turning up in hospitals. nearly 2 million expected to suffer from malnutrition this year. the u.n.'s world food program estimates 1 in every 5 is severely food insecure. >> between the lack of availability of food, the lack of access by humanitarians, the lack of access by those who can't buy food, the lack of people can move and mill grain and the lack of clean water, a perfect storm that is brewing inside yemen right now. >> reporter: every facet of life has been disrupted. markets with limited food, hospitals strained to the limit. schools unable to stay open. the concern is that children will continue to bear the brunt of

had given to yemen for the purpose of fighting terrorism, not for killing citizens. the bullet shattered my thigh and left me disabled for more than three months. >> reporter: most injuries are months old and health det deteriorated because of lack of services in yemen and 35 patients have been admitted to this private hospital and they are all men and their injuries range from critical to severe and some are in intensive care. health officials here say they expect more to arrive in the coming weeks. all of the patients in this hospital are men who have fought against houthi rebels in aiden and two civilians including a woman and a child have also arrived here for treatment. >> translator: i was in the resistance in aiden and defending my faith, my land and honor. the shia malitias came to destroy the country and we did not ask for this to happen. >> reporter: according to doctors without borders which has facilities in eight provinces in yemen the healthcare system is close to collapse. in a news conference it called on all sides to respect hospitals and allow peopl

envoy getting help into yemen is becoming difficult. >> steven o'brien back from yemen, where he visited several cities to get a better sense on the ground, how bad the humanitarian situation is. for the council, he briefed them, getting a dark picture of a deteriorating situation. he gave examples, saying he visited a hospital. lights were flickering because there's not enough fuel. people had to sleep on the floors of hospital. using cardboard as mattresses, and several have shortages of critical supplies. getting aid into the country is difficult. >> he point to air strikes at the port, as an example of the problems, and hurdles that the u.n. is overcoming, getting aid into the country, there's shortages of everything now in yemen, and the innocent civilians are suffering the most. >> on the return from yemen, where the scale of human suffering is incomprehensible. i was shocked by what i saw. the civilian are bearing the brunt of the conflict. they need 1.5 million internally displaced. 1.5 million have been recruited or used as fighters. >> there's a money problem as well, he said t

now they have been recruited to join yemen's new army. the country's military is known for being divided along tribal and sectarian lines. some of these trainees were forced to retire under former president saleh. under his administration there was inherent mistrust of people from southern yemen. there was fear they would form a break away state. >> we formed this a few weeks ago, there are about 4800 soldiers and officers in this battalion. mostly being drawn from the civilians who fought off the invaders. >> reporter: across the country plans are underway to build support for exiled president hadi but his return to power depends on an army that is loyal to him. this is a gathering of tribal leaders in a province on yemen's border with saudi arabia. some of these tribal leaders had links with the houthis. now they are switching sides. they're joining with government forces to recapture the province of saada. >> translator: we are making preparations to start a military campaign to liberate the province. we regret not taking up arms again

. ♪ hello there i'm laura kyle and you are watching al jazeera and amnesty accuses all sides in yemen's civil war of leaving a bloody trail offensive yanukovich death which may amount to war crimes. sri-lanka ruling party victory in parliamentary elections and still waiting for an official result plus. >>> i'm tonya page reporting from south africa on how difficult it is for a disabled child to get an education. ♪ the worst ever attack on thailand that is how the country's prime minister described the blast at the shrine in the capitol bangkok that killed at least 20 people and cctv footage of a man that could be the bomber and pictures minutes before the explosion. and in a moment we will be crossing to wayne hay in bangkok where the situation remains tense but first this report from veronica. >> reporter: picking up the pieces, this is a shopping district in bangkok that has seen dramatic political conflict several times before but nothing like this. dozens of people were killed here on monday, among them victims from malaysia, china, hong kong and singapore. many more were injured.

. >>> two pilots have been killed on the border of yemen. they died when their apache helicopter crashed. 65 civilians have been killed by saudi air strikes. ta'izz has become the focus of fighting in recent weeks between houthi rebels and the government forces. the fighting in yemen has destroyed and damaged many cultural sites and artifacts. now unesco has devised an emergency plan to try to preserve the cultural relics. natasha guinane has more. >> burnt buildings with ye metric patterns. this is one of the reasons why unesco designated the old city of sanaa a world heritage site and calling for emergency% to preserve yemen's cultural treasures. >> our hearts are in pain. old sanaa is history. it is islam, it is dignity. >> reporter: since the war in yemen began in march bombing and shelling have destroyed a complex of house he and damaged this 12th century mosque. the fighting has also reached ancient sites across the country. this castle in ta'izz and this dam in the province of mareb are damaged. >> translator: they don't want yemen to

. >>> saudi arabia says its trooped crossed the border into yemen for the first time. the soldiers have attacked houthi positions. we have this report. >> reporter: these are the first saudi soldiers to move into yemen. they have taken over mountainous areas and hills over the southern region. but the commander says the incursion is just for short periods of time. in the meantime, artillery has been pounding the positions nonstop for days. rebels insist they have the means to fight back. this is a houthi commander storming a saudi military port along the border with yemen. the soldiers seized the building after heavy clashes. they are seen here blowing up military vehicles before leaving the area. moments later, a saudi war plane strikes. fighting has flared up. houthis are trying to recapture some of the areas they lost in the south. here, they ambushed pro government troops and destroyed vehicles that were recently provided by saudi arabia and the united arab emrats. yemen's warring fashions have dismissed efforts to agree on a cease fire and start political talks. f

yemen advances forces loyal to the compiled president game ground in the south of the country. also coming up, accountability drive moves be i the iraqi parliament, that cuts corruption, as well as spending. poland agrees to take thousands more migrants but we will tell you why the deal isn't being welcomed by everyone. and the cuban exiles fighting for compensation, decades after their family's property was seized by the cuban government. we begin in nigeria, where 48 people have been killed. straight away, he is on the line for us. tell us more about what happened? >> well, according to sources in that particular area, of the state, the explosion was called by a suicide bomber who tries -- today is market day and as people are gathering to partaken buying in the market. they detonated the bombs killing dozens of people. sources say 50 bodies -- 47 people have been killed and 82 injuries. although they have yet to confirm this, but this is what military sources who maimed as well as severely task force member whose are helping the military to keep peace in the area. and area i

it happened in the town of aba, in the aseer region, close to the border with yemen. saudi arabia is part of a u.s.-led coalition against the armed group. i.s.i.l. is becoming active in saudi arabia, santa barbara report reports. -- hashem ahelbarra reports. >> this is where the attack took place, a suicide bomber got into this mosque, blowing himself up and killing police trainees. they visited the injured in a nearby hospital. fighters from the islamic state of iraq and levant claimed responsibility for this attack. they included a targetting of two shi'ite muslim mosques in may. in the eastern province. 25 worshippers were killed. the heartland of saudi arabia's minority. last month, police arrested hundreds of suspected i.s.i.l. members, and displayed some of the weapons which were confiscated. the saudi arabia minister of interiors said it stopped i.s.i.l. attacks on mosques, security forces. they have seen a surge in violence in the last two decades when al qaeda launched nation hl wide attacks. security forces led a crackdown. top leaders were either killed, ar

you have those in favor of a federal yemen. they don't have a huge say in the southern part of the country. the sunni party, which is very powerful, very well otherwise in the south and in the north, you can really see that it is trying to reif a as i am tate the games made in the south and be ready for the moment they have to difficult who is going to have a bigger say in the southern part of yemen. >> after five months of war, are we closer to the final moment where we're going to know the shape and form of government for a new yemen? >> we know for the time being that the hadi loyalists have managed to reverse gains made by the houthis. they are pushing toward the capital, sanna. they say they have taiz in the coming days. they will move up toward the capital, butch the moment they sake sanna is when we have to wait and seep who is going to lead the country, a national unity government with the houthis possibly loyal to the first president, are they ready for a national unity government or no. signs are that it's not going t

hi i'm maryam nemazee houthis take control of an important air base in the south of the country of yemen. also. >> no challenge face a a harsher threat to our security than climate change. >>> and how the railway system is taking shape. >>> the u.s. secretary of state and russia's foreign minister have offered their support to gulf states as the region tries to come to terms with the escalating conflict in syria. the threat from i.s.i.l. and the fallout with the west's nuclear deem with iran. u.s. secretary of state john kerry was speaking at the gulf cooperation council meeting in doha. as hashem ahelbarra now reports. >> reporter: a delicate mission for the u.s. secretary of state. john kerry is trying to convince long standing allies that iran's nuclear deal with world powers will bring peace and prosperity. >> translator: the five other european countries have technology and knowledge in the nuclear field. the council welcomes it on that basis and what john kerry's demonstrated about iran's development of nuclear weapons and also the direction inspection to sto o this not only for ir

in yemen he let me yemen for the gcc to decide. in iraq he believes that the gcc can play a larger role, but he did not define that role for the gcc. on the over all security for the region he did not give the gcc what they want, however he basically promised that the united states will give them all the weapon necessary and all the training necessary. therefore, the gcc has to pay for the security of their own region okay, provided that iran will get financial assets to build it's own economy. here what i say whatever iran gains, the gcc lose. whatever the gcc will gain, iran will lose. i don't see i don't see that we are turning a page or that there will be a new chapter in the region. however-- >> setting the stage for more competitions and more of an arms race? >> this is where it will move us where it will deplete its resources and iran will begin to rebuild its resources. this is something that we have to be extremely careful about. they began by elaborateing on seven points. one is that we will give them more security. we wi

the third longest city in yemen is a crucial battle ground for yemen's warring factions. if the houthis lose taiz, they will have no option but to retreat north to sanaa or sadder their strong hold on the border with saudi arabia,. >>> turkish military says it has launched attacks on 17 kurdish fightinger targets. they began targeting the p.k.k. last month. the latest strikes follow an tack on a police station in istanbul on monday which the p.k.k. says it carried out. >> translator: our fight will continue until terrorist organizations stop posing a threat against our country. until guns pointed at our state and our people are buried. a fight won't stop until not one terrorist is left in our boarders and until concrete is poured over their weapons. >>> the united nation is his your honoring fighting parliament in libya to reach a deal on forming a unity government by end of the month. the u.n. is sponsoring negotiations in geneva between the internationally recognized parliament in tobruk and the triply-based general national congress. the partial dealed was reached in j

fighting has intensified along the kingdom's 1,800-kilometer border with yemen. the houthis backed by troops loyal to the former president said they would fight for as long as it takes. >>> anticorruption protesters in guatemala are keeping up the pressure on the president to step down. he's becoming isolated after most of his cabinet resigned last weekend. david sends this update. >> reporter: throughout the day thousands have been filing into the central park in a show of force against corruption in their government. in particular, people here are calling for the president to resign. the president has been caught up in a corruption scandal that brought down his vice president. on friday, the country's attorney general put in a request to the court to have the president impeached for alleged involvement in the same multimillion dollars corruption scandal. people say that they are tired of the corruption and they need to have some sort of political change. these protesters are taking place against the background of elections which are going to be taking place in

it happened in the town of abal which is close to the saudi border with yemen. saudi arabia is part of the u.s. led coalition against the armed group. isil is becoming increasingly active in saudi arabia. >> reporter: this is where the attack took place. a suicide bomber managed to get into this mosque in the southern city, blowing himself up and killing police trainees. the governor visited the injured in a nearby hospital. fighters from the islamic state claim responsibility for the attack. they included the targeting of muslim mosques in may. 25 worshipers were killed in the heartland of saudi arabia's shia minority. police arrested hundreds of suspected isil members and displayed some of the weapons which were confiscated. the so you did i minister of interior said it stopped isil attacks on mosques, security forces and western diplomats. they have a search when al qaeda launched nationwide attacks. security forces led a crackdown. al qaeda's top leaders were either killed, arrested or fled to yemen where they formed al qaeda in the arabian peninsula six yea

people of yemen for the future of yemen is for all the parties to realize there is no military solution. there has to be a political dialogue in order to resolve the differences and to maintain a durable piece. >> reporter: but any peace seems far off. these pro had of government forces are celebrating the gains made in taiz. if the houthis lose here it seems they will have no option but to ban done the south and dig in to their to additional strong hold in the north. >> covering events in yemen joining us now in the studio to discuss. what these gains mean by the pro-happened i loyalists and what could the loss of areas in the south mean for the houthis? >> doreen, what you see are preparations for what could be the final push to recapture sanaa. the moment of the area in the south loyalists backed by saudi-led coalition are now launching an offensive in two major provinces. ib and al bad a. why? al bada is a province, if you control it you have fighters coming all the way from maric towards is than sanaa. basically you can see the strategy is quite clear, a push toward the center the

council is unify edied for yemen and also with the peaceful populations and to a dialog in yemen which took place in may in 2015 and united nations reservoir resolution and the population of the international community in this issue also the syrian crisis and we ask the international community to make more offers in partnership to stop the blood shedding and then get the syrian people to ability and unity and also regarding iraq for the independence of iraq and should be no way for division in iraq and to accept all other players and tribal because the malitias could only lead to a division and also interior in which targeted some of the gulf states and which targets the civilians and innocent which need more effort and take in all the necessary procedures and steps in order to get rid of the real cause of it for stability of the whole world. and i would like to repeat and to welcome you again and hoping that our meeting will be successful successful. [applause] and i ask the members of the place to leave the room. just to remind you what we are watching at the moment that was the fore

of yemen. >> we're in constant contact with the other resistence fighters in aden. we're all working together in cleanse taiz and will focus our attention on liberating the government of ibb. >> at least 18 houthi rebels were killed and 30 others from injured. the destruction caused by the fighting is clear. almost every building appears to be damaged. momentum has been on the side of pro government forces since they managed to recapture yemen's port city of yemen. the saudi arabian coalition has offered armor personnel carrier, weapons, and logistical support to the forces. but with all this destruction and the extreme poverty faced by most people here it is still not clear who will help to rewhether the homes and lives of yemenis when all of this is over. al jazeera. >> ththey spoke of pro government gains and said today it was part of a tactical withdraw. >> this withdraw, everything is under control. we pulled out of shabwa and aden provinces. this is a tactical withdrawal with the purpose

fighting has intensified along the kingdom's 1,800km border with yemen. the houthis backed by troops loyal to former president say they'll fight for as long as it takes. >>> at least six people have been killed in the ongoing conflict between turkey's government and kurdish separatists. three died when p.k.k. fighters attacked a military base near the syrian border. three others were killed near iraq. fighting intensified since a ceasefire between turkey and p.k.k. fighters in northern iraq ended in july. >> it's been 500 days since boko haram abducted nearly 300 nigeria schoolgirls. 57 managed to escape. the fate of the others is unknown. campaigners are back on the streets, drawing attention to the bring back our girls appeal. ynonne ndedge reports. >> this woman's's daughter is one of the 119 missing schoolgirls. she refuses to give up hope. she is bitter at the nigerian government. >> the government responded very slow. it is if these girls own biological daughters. they don't care about them. they don't care about the poor, else we want the governmen

thank you. ♪ >>> going to take you to yemen now a country described by the u.n. children's agency as one of the most terrifying places in the world to be a child. unicef says children are dying every day, and those who survive live in constant fear of being killed. since the war escalated back in march, 398 children have died and 605 have been injured. children are also being forced to fight in the world, at least 377 have been recruited as child soldiers, and children are going hungry, with 1.8 million expected to suffer malnutrition. the world food program says a fifth of yemen's population is severely food insecure and depending on help to survive. injure ald tan has our report. >> reporter: once their play grounds, these streets are now a battleground. for the children of yemen, war means being forced to grow up quickly. >> translator: my sisters and i get so frightened when we hear bullets. >> translator: i can't sleep. i'm afraid will war will expand, and i'll lose friends to this war. >> reporter: the grim statistics support their fears. on average three c

and their support group has also come through the tribesmen of northern yemen. so what we're looking at now is a situation where, you know, right now the houthis are fighting on areas that aren't their turf. the southern provinces, ta'izz, that isn't the houthi's turf. however, once you enter sana'a, and areas north of sana'a, that would mean bringing the fight to sort of the houthi's real sort of native factions, and i think that would mean a far more difficult fight. >> a lot of talk of yemen being a proxy war between saudi arabia and iran. but to what extent do you think iran does play a role in the houthi's successes and failures? >> i think at the end of the day the houthi's successes and failures are largely rooted in their own internal yemeni dynamics. that doesn't mean that there isn't some sort of ties to iran. they have received financial support and military support and political support and media support from iran. but they are an indigenous group. and their actions and ideology are very much linked to internal yemeni factors. >> thank you very much.

this is where the fight for the control of yemen will likely be decided. houthi fighters have put up fierce resistance here. but as the fighting continues, more people are killed and buildings are destroyed. >> translator: look at this. they have destroyed buildings, killed children. women and old people. they are destroying ta'izz. >> reporter: ta'izz is on the main highway that links the south to the capitol sana'a in the north. forces loyal to the exiled president hadi, say retaking ta'izz is just a matter of time. >> translator: i tell the yemenese despite the ongoing [ inaudible ] by the houthis who are using rockets and heavy weapons, they assure that ta'izz will be liberated soon. >> reporter: this is another front line in yemen's continuing conflict. pro-government forces fire at houthi strong holds. yemeni soldiers trained in saudi arabia have been sent here with new weapons to recapture the city and secure oil and gas installations. this is what government forces are hoping to achieve. they are on the offensive to recapture the province of ma'rib

fighting may have ended in some parts of yemen, but the suffering continues. caroline malone, al jazeera. ♪ >>> iraq's parliament has approved a raft of reforms proposed by the prime minister to eradicate corruption and cut spending. among the measures the abboll ligs of key positions. al jazeera's mohammed jamjoom reports. >> reporter: a rare show of unity in a chamber notorious for bitter debate and long delays. it took less than an hour to unanimously approve the prime minister's reform proposals aimed at fighting corruption and spending. the session was televised and once the announcement was made parliamentarians even applauded. some felt it was a big step forward. >> translator: we hope this is a good omen for the iraqi people and we hope with this step all of those corrupt people will be held accountable for their previous re -- actions. >> reporter: in the past week the number of protesters has only increased in various cities nationwide. huge rallies where demonstrators called for the return of electricity, air conditioning, and clean water. now wit

the reform one of yemen's organised political party says yemen should remain united. a failed assassination attempt is a sign of the deteriorating security situation across the country. >> it sets a tone for security in aiden. everyone is scrambling to clean up their act in the city, and establish a police force. but they haven't been successful so far. >> aden was retaken from the shia houthis, and troops loyal to deposed president. this followed months of air strikes by a saudi-led coalition, the tanks provided by the united arab emirates loyal to hardy played a role in pushing houthi forces from the south. and this is what they face. >> anti-houthi fighters on the offensive in the centrality of tiaz. they are led by this man. a tribal leader from the islam party, his fighters have captured many areas, and security buildings in taiz. the city of tiaz is a vital supply route for anti-houthi fighters in a push to recapture sanaa, and to achieve that goal, coalition war planes continue to pound houthi conditions in and around the capital, and struck rebel positions. ai

one of yemen's most organized political parties says yemen should remain united. but the failed assassination attempt is a further sign of a deteriorating security situation across the country. >> it set acetone for security in aden. everybody is scrambling to clean up their act, in the city and establish a police force, but they haven't been successful so far. >> reporter: aden was retaken from the houthis and troops loyal to deposed president saleh. this followed months of air strikes by a saudi-lead coalition. these tanks provided by the united arab emirates played a crucial role in pushing houthi forces from the south, and this is where fighting is taking place. anti-houthi fighters are on the offensive in the central city of ta'izz. they are lead by this man. a tribal leader. his fighters have recently captured many areas, and security buildings in ta'izz. the city of ta'izz is a vital supply route for anti-houthi fighters. in their push to recapture the capitol sana'a. and to continue that goal, coalition airplanes continue to pound houthi positions in and a

>>> saudi-backed forces make significant gains against hue huely -- houthi rebels in yemen. ♪ >>> hello there and welcome to al jazeera. i'm laura kyle. also ahead. anger in japan as the first nuclear power station is switched back on since the fukushima meltdown disaster. they have walked for days to escape oppression. >>> and small [ inaudible ] leaving a big carbon footprint and threatening bangladesh's forrests. ♪ >>> pro-government fighters in yemen are making major gains against houthi rebels, they have pushed them out of the last town in one provines. that means those forces loyal to president hadi are now in control of most of the south. caroline malone reports. >> reporter: watching over the province, now entirely in control of pro-government forces. local resistance groups backed by a coalition of countries lead by saudi arabia are recapturing parts of yemen. they forced houthi rebels and forces loyal to former president saleh out of town, and they are now in full control. >> translator: we managed to clean the city of the militias. we have achieved the victory, the popular

says the situation in yemen is catastrophic. on sunday he toured damaged buildings in the historic old city of the capital sanaa. dozens of yemenis have arrived in jordan for much needed medical treatment. many of them are struggling with injuries that are months old. health officials say more will be arriving in the coming week. >> reporter: the first 80 yemeni nationals arrived on sat night to receive treatment for injuries caused by their country's conflict. they have been admitted to three hospitals, the government saudi arabia is paying their medical bill. fighter who was injured during an attack by republican guards in aden who are allied with houthi rebels. >> translator: i was shot by a sniper from the republican guard with an m-16 rifle that the u.s. had given to yemen for purpose of fighting terrorism. not for killing citizens. the bullet shattered my thigh and left me disabled for more than three months. >> reporter: most of their injuries are months old. health deteriorated because of lack of services in yemen. admit